Vaporizer and igniter for oil-engines.



Patented March 21, 1905.

i TENT iQFFICE,

NELSON L. TUCK nun WILLIAM vs; TUCK, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

VAPORIZER AND IGNITER FO R OIL-ENGINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,389, dated March21', 1905. Application filed July 22, 1903. Renewed February 21, 1905.Serial No. 246,781.

' WILIiIAMW. TUCK, citizens of the United States, and residents ofBrooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented acertain new and usefullmprovement in Vaporizersand Igniters forOil-Engines, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionrelates to igniters for interrial-combustion engines, themain object of the invention being to provide an ignit'er of a naturesuch that it will afford a large-heatingsurface on which the fuel willbe sprayed and then be ignited by the heat developed in the igniter asthe mixture or charge is compressed by the piston of' the engine afterthe said igniter once reaches a given temperature and the engine isstarted and operated a short while by ordinary means, as alcohol fueland an ordinary igniter. 1

The invention is embodied in the apparatus shown'jn the accompanyingdrawings, form ing part hereof, in which- Figures 1 and 2 are, views,partly in section, taken at right angles to each other.

in the drawings reference a marks the cylinder, 6 a fuel-injector, and can igniter of any usual or known character, while 03 marks a shaft orrod secured in the housing 6, which Forms part of the cylinder-head.

The reference f marks a series of arms arranged to project radially fromthe shaft or carrier (Z, as shown, the arms being staggered bypreference. v

The reference g marks a retaining-cylinder through which the arms fproject.

the rod (Z, and the cylinder g. maybe in one piece, or the cylinder gmay be made in rings which have semicircular radial grooves in their 7The arms 1" may be'tapped into rings 7 which slide on sides, the groovesbeing staggered, and the arms f may in such event be cast integrallywith the rings h. r

The cylinder g and arms f, or merely the latter, may be made of anymaterial, such as cast-iron, which pGSSESSBS the properties required.

The engine is started by the use of alcohol I and an ordinary igniterandis operated until the igniter f or f g is hot enough to rise to a firingtemperature during the compression of the charge after having vaporizedthe fuel sprayed thereon by the injector.

What is claimed is- 1. A vaporizer and igniter consisting or a retainerand arms or projections extending therethrough and arranged in circularseries in planes transverse to the axis of the retainer, the arms or proectiOns in one plane being staggered relatively to the arms or proJections in the adjacent planes, combined with means for spraying oil onthe exterior of said igniter, said spraying means being independent I ofthe igniter.

2. A vaporizer and igniter consisting oi a retainer, cylindrical inform, a rod concentric therewith, rings on said rod, and arms orprojections extending from said rings through said retainer, combinedwith means for spray-.

'ing oil on said vaporizer, said means being in- FRANK RYAIlL, R. V.BARKLEY.

